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Perfecting the Art of Craft

Quality, Consistency and Repeatability in Every Batch.

Premium Barrels and Oak Infusion Spirals

Crafting the industry’s finest products, The Barrel Mill starts with the highest quality American White Oak staves – which are sustainably sourced and air dried up to two years. We then individually mold, fire bend, toast and char to your specifications. Tongue and groove handcrafted heads are also charred, then sealed with local, organic beeswax. And finally, each barrel is hand tested with high temperature, pressurized filtered water to ensure there are no leaks. Nothing is left to chance. And nothing short of perfection comes your way. (Optional distillery logo can be laser engraved on the heads at an additional cost.)

Premium Oak Barrels for Spirits

Crafting the industry’s finest products, The Barrel Mill starts with the highest quality American White Oak staves – which are sustainably sourced and air dried up to two years. We then individually mold, joint, fire bend, toast and char to your specifications. Tongue and groove handcrafted heads are also charred, then sealed in place with local, organic beeswax. And finally, each barrel is hand tested with high temperature, pressurized filtered water to ensure there are no leaks. Nothing is left to chance.

Oak Infusion Spirals

The Oak Infusion Spiral is our patented oak alternative used to add flavor and aroma to fine wine, but also can be applied to whiskey, rum and beer. It has been used in thousands of wines since 2005 with outstanding results from every major wine region in North America. The unique spiral-cut design creates unrivaled surface area in a small package, allowing fast extraction of the toasted oak's aroma and flavor compounds with refined integration in the wine.

Creative / Display Barrels

Make an immediate impact inside your business with a display system from The Barrel Mill®. Customize the perfect solution to use as a pedestal, container or one-of-a-kind dispenser. Roll out these barrels and watch sales roll in.

Barrel Aged in a Bottle™

For centuries the world’s most celebrated distillers have known charred oak barrels are essential for aging the best spirits. Now, the ability to achieve similar results directly in the bottle - adding color, complexity, smoothness and subtle overtones – is made possible with Oak Infusion Spirals from The Barrel Mill. You can quickly and easily make a top-shelf impact on any bottle.

In an age where Oak barrels are scarce, The Oak Infusion Spiral is widely known as an outstanding additive and alternative for fast Oak extraction and refined, integrated results. Our spirals are precision cut from premium oak, maximizing end grain exposure for full extraction in weeks, not months. Tank and barrel applications are getting rave reviews with distillers and their whiskies are being lauded as some of the industry’s finest.

Meritage Blend

MERITAGE BLEND INFUSION SPIRAL Barrel Packs are calibrated to treat 59 to 70-gallons. When inserted into a neutral barrel, the Meritage Blend—the American oak version of our French oak Bordeaux Blend—releases multiple layers of fresh, new barrel toasted oak aromas and flavors using a mix of all four of our toast levels.

Hybrid Blend

HYBRID OAK INFUSION SPIRALS by The Barrel Mill give winemakers premium French oak and premium American oak together in one barrel set, or pack, calibrated to treat 59 to 70-gallons. For wine aging in neutral barrels the Hybrid Spiral releases fresh, new-barrel, toasted oak aroma and flavor through its patented, spiral-cut design. Virtually all aromas and flavors of the Hybrid Oak Spiral are fully extracted in six weeks rather than eight to 12 months typically to extract from a new hybrid oak barrel -- but at a small fraction of the price.

Eastern European Blend

The Oak Infusion Spiral made from Eastern European Oak.

Our Eastern European Oak Spiral Barrel Pack contains six spirals, a combination of three medium and three medium plus toasts in a single barrel application, to give a more complex and layered oak impact.

Bordeaux Blend

BORDEAUX BLEND INFUSION SPIRAL Barrel Packs are calibrated to treat 59 to 70-gallons. When inserted into a neutral barrel, the Bordeaux Blend—the French oak version of our American oak Meritage Blend—releases multiple layers of fresh, new barrel toasted oak aromas and flavors using a mix of all four of our toast levels.

Rhone Blend

For Syrah, Zinfandel and Other Robust Reds, Rhône Blend Infusion Spiral barrel packs replicate a barrel toasting gradient using a mix of three different toasts. With a combination of medium, medium plus and heavy toasts, Rhône Blend Barrel Packs create a muscular oak alternative that complements hearty varietals and contributes a significant, yet balanced, component of premium French oak. Multi-toast packs eliminate the need to blend separate barrels aged with different single toasts. Complexity is aged in each barrel.

Toasted to Perfection

The Oak Infusion Spiral is the reliable oak alternative for simple and fast extraction of toasted oak aroma and flavor compounds that deliver refined, integrated results eight times faster than, and at a small fraction of the price of, a new barrel. Choose one of four single-temperature toasts when you desire a very specific concentrated flavor and aroma profile. Click the toasts below for descriptions. Use one of our Multiple Toast Barrel Pack Blends for a more layered and diverse flavor style.

Light Toast

Made using the coolest oven temperature of our four single-toast choices, Light Toast contributes noticeable structure with its high tannin content while highlighting natural flavors in your beverage. Light Toast is also good for reducing vegetal character in wine. French oak will provide a milder aroma and flavor impact than American oak, and more tannin. Light Toast American Oak will give a noticeable coconut contribution.

Medium Toast

A mid-level temperature that showcases the natural vanillin compound in oak, Medium Toast offers a sweet bouquet with warm vanilla overtones. French oak will provide a milder aroma and flavor impact than American oak, and more tannin.

Medium Plus Toast

Increased oven temperature begins to develop some caramelized sugars that contribute aromas of honey and roasted nuts with a hint of coffee and spice. Notes of mocha and chocolate are noticeable on the palate. French oak will provide a milder aroma and flavor impact than American oak, and more tannin.

Heavy Toast

The high-temperature toast, Heavy, creates pronounced caramelized wood that adds notes of smoke, toasted bread and dark chocolate. French oak will provide a milder aroma and flavor impact than American oak, and more tannin.